Nose-guard for eyeglasses.



No. 887,899. PATENTED MAY 19, 1908 L. F. ADT.

I NOSE GUARD FOR EYEGLASSES.

APPLICATION FILED MAR.24,1906.

web-mm I LEO F. ADT, OF ALBANY, NEW YORK.

NOSE-GUARD FOB EYEGLASSES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 19, 1908.

Application filed March 24, 1906. Serial No. 307,772.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LEO F. AM, of Albany,

in the county of Albany and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Nose Guards for Eyeglasses; and I do hereby declare the following tobe a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, forming a part of this specification, and to the reference numerals marked thereon.

My present invention relates to nose guards or gripping devices for eyeglass mountings and has for its object to provide a form of device which possesses the desirable characteristics of a lower supporting portion or pad and an upper bearing portion or pad preferably in rear of the former and niore yielding or resilient and adapted to engage the nose nearer the wearers eyes, said guards being made from a single blank stamped from thin sheet stock such as metal and readily bent or formed into final shape.

The invention, therefore, consists in certain improvements scribed, the novel features being pointed out in the claims at the end of the specification. In the drawings: Figure 1 is a perspective view of an eyeglass mounting with a pair of my improved gi'iards attached. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of one of the guards removed. Figs. 3 and i are similar views of the front and rear of modified forms of the s invention Fig. 5 is a perspective view showing the face of another form. of guard embodying my improvements. Figs. 6 and 7 are perspective views showing the front and rear faces respectively of another modification.

The characteristic feature of my present guards 'is that they are so constructed as to be formed of a single stamping of sheet material and the upper arm carrying the steadying pad is rendered resilient by bending the material transversely of the sheet of stock from which it is formed and extending said arm at least once transversely of the arm carrying the lower pa d or hearing portion, as this enables the desired resiliency to be obtained without )endii'ip: the metal too sharply which might cause it to break.

In the embodiments of the invention shown in Figs. 1 and 2 the guards are formed with attaelng portions 1 at their upper ends adapted to fit between the flanges or lugs of the ordinary studs of a mounting, and from hereinafter fully dethis end an arm 2 extends rearwardly and downwardly and at its lower portion it is enlarged laterally to form the lower pad 3 which may be ribbed or roughened as shown if desired. The upper and relatively more resilient arm 4 which has at its upper end a widened and roughened bearing pad or ortion 5 is formed on the same blank as the ower bearing arm 2, extending from the upper edge of the latter thence downward over its outer face and across its inner face (i. e. that next the wearers nose), and upbea "ing wardly and rearwardly to the bearing portion 5.

.In the form shown in Fig. 2 the downwardly-extending arm is offset slightly so that the crossing portion of the arm 4 may he more nearly flush with the surface of the arm 2 if desired. I

The guards shown in Figs. 3 and 4 similar in general arrangement to those in Fig. 1, excepting that the arms having the lower bearing pads are more nearly vertical and the bearing. portions or pads of both arms are slotted as at 6 to afford a more firm grip in the'flesh of the wearer. In all of the guards described the material of the blank is bent flatwise only and the u per bearing arm. 4 instead of springing direct y from the edge of the guard from which it extends I upwardly, passes around the latter and makes almost a complete turn so that no sharp bends are formed in. the material and eonsiderable resiliency is present in the arm.

In the form shown in Fig. 5 the upper bcaring'a m -linstead of passing between the ng arm and the nose extends from as not to interfere with the proper position ing ofthe bearing pads.

In the modincations in Figs. (5 and 7 the guards are also l'OIlDQtl of a single piece ol. sheet material the lower arm 8 bearm the 1' pad 8.- and the upper arm 9 bearmg the pad 10 the arm su )ortm the latter forming a continuation of the lower pad arm and the metal being bent edgewise to form the loop 11, thence extending transversely across the outer face of the arm 8, thence bent transversely of the surface of the material of the blank and extending across the front of the edge of the arm thence bai'zkward-ly arm 8. This guard is not as economical to manufacture as the others and requires that the metal be bent edgewise, but it illustrates a form of the broad. idea of bending the upper arm across the outer face of the lower ar'm, flatwise ofthe metal to make it resilient without forming a sharp bend that would be liable to cause it to break, and one arm of the loop also extends across the inner face of thereon and an upper relatively resilient arm having a bearing pad or ortion' and extend ing across the outer an inner face of the j lower pad bearing arm;

2. A guard embodying an arm provided with a nose-bearing portion or pad thereon. and a relatlvelyresihent arm having a bearmg ad or portion, said resilient arm extending 0m one edge of the first mentioned arm above the nose bearing pad of the latter andacross. the outer face thereof.

'3.- A guard'formed from a single blank of sheet metal embodying an arm providedwith a nose-bearing portion or pad thereon .and a relatively resilient arm having a bear-- ing pad or portion'th'ereon and extending from one edge of said first mentioned arm above the nose-bearing pad of the latter and then transversely across it, being bent toward one of the flat sides of the material.

4. A guard formed from a single blank of sheet metal and embodying anarm provided with anose-bearing portion or pad and another arm extending across the outer face thereof, thence across the front face and hav ing a bearing portion or pad near its end.

5'. A guard formed from a single blank of flat sheet metal and embodying an attaching ,ortion, an arm extending therefrom and 1 aving a bearing portion or pad thereon and another arm branched from the attaching arm above the bearing pad looped in rear of the saidattaching arm and having a bearing pad o'r portion on its free end.

.6. A nose guard comprising an attaching portion, an upper and a lower bearing pad and separate supporting arms for the pads branched from the attaching portion below the upper end of the latter, the arm of the upper pad being formed of flat stock andhaving a loop formed by bends transverse to the flat faces of the stock.

7. A nose guard comprising an upwardly extending attaching portion and an upper and a lower bearing pad each having its suppdrting arm branched from the attaching portion below the upper end of the latter, and the arm of the u per bearing pad being provided with a yielring loop.

; 8. A nose guard eyeglasses embodying an attaching portion having an arm sup ported thereon,-and a bearing pad having a guard.

senses portion extended across the said arm from a oint above the lower end of the latter to form a yielding connection between said pad "and the other portions of the guard.

9. A nose guard for eyeglasses composed of flat material and embodying an attaching portion, a relatively rigid nose-bearing portion supported thereby, and a relatively yielding or adjustable nose-bearing pad arranged edgewise of the first mentioned bearing portion and having a supporting arm' therefor proceeding from and bent fiatwise transversely of the rear edge of the guard to form a resilient support for the bearing ad.

10. A guard made of fiat material and aving an arm provided with a lower nose-en-T 11. Anose guard comprising an attaching portion, a lbwer nose-bearing pad, a support ing arm of flat material proceeding from the rear edge of the guard and formed with a bend flatwise of the material, and a nosebearing pad carried by said armand located entirely above the bend in the arm. V

12.- A nose guard comprising an attaching portion, a lower nose-bearing pad an arm formed of flat material and roceeding from the guard between the attac ing portion and the lower pad, said arm being formed with flatwisebends, and an upper nose-bearing pad located entirely above'the bends.

13. A nose guard comprising an attaching portion, a lower nose-engaging pad, a resili' ent arm extending from the rear ed e of the guard and bent forwardly and t en upwardly, and an upper nose-engaging pad carried by said arm.

14:. A nose-engaging pad comprising a lower nose-bearing pad, an upper nose-bearing pad, and a resilient arm sup orting the latter, and formed with a loop, 1; e arms of which lie on the inner and outer faces of the 15. A nose-engaging pad comprising an attaching portion, alower nose-en aging pad, anupper nose-engaging pad, an a resilient arm connecting the u per ad to the guard proceeding from one edge 0 the guard above the lower ad and extending across one of the-faces of the guard to the opposite edge of the latter.

16. A nose guard for eyeglasses composed of flat material embodying an attaching lug, a lower nose-engaging portion, an upper pad,

. and a supporting arm for the latter proceeding edgewise from the guard at a point'between the attaching lug and the lower noseengaging 'ortion. andhaving a bend therein flatwis e of the material arranged entirely belong the nose-bearing portion of the upper pa 17. A nose guardfor eyeglasses composed of flat material embodying .an attaching lug, a lower nose-engaging portion, a supplemental pad arranged above and in rear of the lower nose-engaging portion, and a connecting arm for the latter extending edgewise rearwardly from the guard at a point between the attaching lug and the lower noseengaging portion and having a bend therein flatwise of the material, arranged entirely.

below the nose-bearing portion of the sup for the latter ranged entirely below the nose-bearing por-' tion of the supplemental pad.

19, A nose guard for eyeglasses composed of sheet material embodying a lower noseengaging portion, an attaching portion, and a supplemental or upper pad adjustably connected to the guard by a convolution formed by bending the material fiatwise and joining the guard at a point between the low er noseengaging portion and the attaccing portion.

20. A nose guard formed from a single piece of flat stock and embodying an attaching arm, an upper and a lower nose-engaging pad, and a supporting arm for theupper pad proceeding from the edge of the stock above the lower edge of the guard, formed with a yielding bend transverse of the stock, and connected to an edge of the upper nose-engaging pad.

LEO F. ADT. Witnesses F. F' CHURCH, .G. Winn-inn "Bron. 

